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<blockquote data-quote="Bruce Wayne" data-source="post: 89942" data-attributes="member: 231"><p>Yeah it always befuddles me. Especially when they want to try and say the challenges are similar at other academically prestigious D1 schools. I keep hesitating to get very specific about how student athletes are helped at typical programs versus at Tech. But I will just give a basic scenario that repeats itself everywhere. </p><p></p><p>Athletes are allowed to sign up for classes first, they have priority in registration each term. This makes perfect sense to do because they are on a scholly that requires their attendance at <em>team </em>functions, such as practices, and so of course they need to be given priority so that schedules can be arranged to minimize conflicts. Fine. Everyone does that and it is legit. </p><p></p><p>One initial result of this priority registration is that certain courses will fill up with basically only athletes before the "regular" student body can register. So now what happens with these overwhelmingly athlete courses? At a typical school they become complete jokes but this doesn't happen at Tech (or far less so). Undoubtedly, if you have a class of 30 valedictorians the professor will teach the material at one level and if you have a class of 30 athletes (wider variety in academic skill and aptitude) the prof teaches it to hit a different level. So sure, even at Tech alumni can think the athletes have it "easier." But they really don't. Not when compared to their peers at any other college. Nor do these Tech professors or the degree programs requirements allow for the kind of "dumbing down" and "bogus" courses that every other college is riddled with for its athletes.</p><p></p><p>A friend of mine attended UGA post-Jan Kemp and since he was legally blind he would register for courses early and thus at the same time as the athletes. The story he has of taking a Intro to World Religions course in which every other student was a scholarship athlete may shock even the most cynical of you. And this was <em>post</em>-Kemp. No D1 school is entirely above directing athletes into courses taught by professors who take it "easy" on them. The point, however, is that both because of the professorial culture at Tech and the nature of the Bachelor of <em>Science </em>degree and the program specific requirements in athlete heavy majors like Management . . . Tech athletes simply have a far more rigorous academic experience than do their peers at other D1 colleges.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bruce Wayne, post: 89942, member: 231"] Yeah it always befuddles me. Especially when they want to try and say the challenges are similar at other academically prestigious D1 schools. I keep hesitating to get very specific about how student athletes are helped at typical programs versus at Tech. But I will just give a basic scenario that repeats itself everywhere. Athletes are allowed to sign up for classes first, they have priority in registration each term. This makes perfect sense to do because they are on a scholly that requires their attendance at [I]team [/I]functions, such as practices, and so of course they need to be given priority so that schedules can be arranged to minimize conflicts. Fine. Everyone does that and it is legit. One initial result of this priority registration is that certain courses will fill up with basically only athletes before the "regular" student body can register. So now what happens with these overwhelmingly athlete courses? At a typical school they become complete jokes but this doesn't happen at Tech (or far less so). Undoubtedly, if you have a class of 30 valedictorians the professor will teach the material at one level and if you have a class of 30 athletes (wider variety in academic skill and aptitude) the prof teaches it to hit a different level. So sure, even at Tech alumni can think the athletes have it "easier." But they really don't. Not when compared to their peers at any other college. Nor do these Tech professors or the degree programs requirements allow for the kind of "dumbing down" and "bogus" courses that every other college is riddled with for its athletes. A friend of mine attended UGA post-Jan Kemp and since he was legally blind he would register for courses early and thus at the same time as the athletes. The story he has of taking a Intro to World Religions course in which every other student was a scholarship athlete may shock even the most cynical of you. And this was [I]post[/I]-Kemp. No D1 school is entirely above directing athletes into courses taught by professors who take it "easy" on them. The point, however, is that both because of the professorial culture at Tech and the nature of the Bachelor of [I]Science [/I]degree and the program specific requirements in athlete heavy majors like Management . . . Tech athletes simply have a far more rigorous academic experience than do their peers at other D1 colleges. [/QUOTE]
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